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Egli venne descritto dalle fonti mazdee come il peggior nemico dello zoroastrismo, tanto da essere definito come ahlamōγān ahlamōγ (lett. "l'eretico degli eretici") e fu oggetto di feroci critiche da parte del clero mazdeo, nonostante provenisse dallo stesso ambiente sociale. 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</script> <div class="profile--tab_heading_container js-section-heading" data-section="Papers" id="Papers"><h3 class="profile--tab_heading_container">Papers by Massimiliano Vassalli</h3></div><div class="js-work-strip profile--work_container" data-work-id="126270339"><div class="profile--work_thumbnail hidden-xs"><a class="js-work-strip-work-link" data-click-track="profile-work-strip-thumbnail" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.academia.edu/126270339/European_Travellers_Accounts_of_the_Zoroastrians_in_Iran_1800_1850_"><img alt="Research paper thumbnail of European Travellers’ Accounts of the Zoroastrians in Iran (1800–1850)" class="work-thumbnail" src="https://a.academia-assets.com/images/blank-paper.jpg" /></a></div><div class="wp-workCard wp-workCard_itemContainer"><div class="wp-workCard_item wp-workCard--title"><a class="js-work-strip-work-link text-gray-darker" data-click-track="profile-work-strip-title" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.academia.edu/126270339/European_Travellers_Accounts_of_the_Zoroastrians_in_Iran_1800_1850_">European Travellers’ Accounts of the Zoroastrians in Iran (1800–1850)</a></div><div class="wp-workCard_item"><span>Senmurw</span><span>, 2023</span></div><div class="wp-workCard_item"><span class="js-work-more-abstract-truncated">In this paper, I analyse the accounts of the European travellers, who have had contact with Zoroa...</span><a class="js-work-more-abstract" data-broccoli-component="work_strip.more_abstract" data-click-track="profile-work-strip-more-abstract" href="javascript:;"><span> more </span><span><i class="fa fa-caret-down"></i></span></a><span class="js-work-more-abstract-untruncated hidden">In this paper, I analyse the accounts of the European travellers, who have had contact with Zoroastrians of their era or who provide information regarding their conditions in the period between 1800 and 1850. 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This fundamental text of Zoroastrian literature, dating back to the early Islamic period (7th–10th centuries CE), narrates the biography of the Persian "prophet" within the framework of the universal history of creation, which is woven together by the miracles performed by the divine word throughout the ages until the end of time. The work, edited by Massimiliano Vassalli, situates the Iranian text and its protagonist within the historical and cultural context of the period in which it was composed and provides an Italian version enriched with philological, historical, and literary explanatory notes.</span></div><div class="wp-workCard_item wp-workCard--actions"><span class="work-strip-bookmark-button-container"></span><span class="wp-workCard--action visible-if-viewed-by-owner inline-block" style="display: none;"><span class="js-profile-work-strip-edit-button-wrapper profile-work-strip-edit-button-wrapper" data-work-id="126270417"><a class="js-profile-work-strip-edit-button" tabindex="0"><span><i class="fa fa-pencil"></i></span><span>Edit</span></a></span></span></div><div class="wp-workCard_item wp-workCard--stats"><span><span><span class="js-view-count view-count u-mr2x" data-work-id="126270417"><i class="fa fa-spinner fa-spin"></i></span><script>$(function () { var workId = 126270417; window.Academia.workViewCountsFetcher.queue(workId, function (count) { var description = window.$h.commaizeInt(count) + " " + window.$h.pluralize(count, 'View'); 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The project PolEmA aims to investigate Polycentric Empires in Western Asia, particularly addressing connectivity, texts and settlements from Ctesiphon to Afrasiyab and beyond. PolEmA analyses the interconnections, both in chronological and geographical terms, among three different regions of West Asia, to assess which kind of organization different political realities maintained to administer huge polycentric imperial administrations, such as the Seleucid, Arsacid and Sasanian empires (from the 3rd c. BCE to the 7th c. CE). Three specific areas of interest have been chosen on the basis of their importance for all these multicentric empires during the selected timeframe, reflecting also the research focus of each unit: the historical regions of Media (Garmegan and Syarazur), encompassing several settlements, cities and communication routes of primary importance (University of Rome La Sapienza), the fundamental area of the capital city Seleucia-Ctesiphon and its surroundings (University of Torino), and the frontier zone of Chach, with its complex interplay of languages and cultures (University of Pisa). The study involves different methodologies and approaches regarding the diverse typologies of documents concerned, such as primary and secondary written sources, archaeological excavations, landscape surveys, ancient and modern archive documentation. 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While figures like Sir R. K. Porter perpetuated such prejudices, others, like Sir W. Ouseley, refuted these views and advocated for Zoroastrians’ rights. Their travel accounts, shaped by deep knowledge of Iranian history and earlier literature, reveal European biases and their influence on perceptions of Iranian culture and religious minorities. 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Egli venne descritto dalle fonti mazdee come il peggior nemico dello zoroastrismo, tanto da essere definito come ahlamōγān ahlamōγ (lett. "l'eretico degli eretici") e fu oggetto di feroci critiche da parte del clero mazdeo, nonostante provenisse dallo stesso ambiente sociale. 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This fundamental text of Zoroastrian literature, dating back to the early Islamic period (7th–10th centuries CE), narrates the biography of the Persian "prophet" within the framework of the universal history of creation, which is woven together by the miracles performed by the divine word throughout the ages until the end of time. 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